DEM not gonna CON dis NATION: Rolling UK politics in the short-lived post-Murdoch era

EU situation feels grim. mb i should emigrate

The dire economic consequences of the government's austerity programme are now being suffered by millions of families.

As leaders of some of the largest cities in England, we recently wrote to Eric Pickles to warn him that the cuts in local government services have now gone too far. Rising crime, increasing community tension and more problems on our streets will contribute to the break up of civil society if we do not turn back.

The One Nation Tory brand of Conservatism recognised the duty of government to help the country's most deprived in the belief that economic and social responsibility benefited us all. What we have today is a brand of Conservatism that has no social conscience, taking us back to a Dickensian view of the world. The unfairness of the government's cuts is in danger of creating a deeply divided nation.

We urge them to stop what they are doing now and listen to our warnings before the forces of social unrest start to smoulder.

Nick Forbes

Leader, Newcastle City Council

Julie Dore

Leader, Sheffield City Council

Joe Anderson

Mayor of Liverpool

just released.

erics official response :

http://cdn.labourlist.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/eric_pickles1.jpg

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/exclusive-treat-white-workingclass-boys-like-ethnic-minority-willetts-tells-universities-8436087.html

Idk if that is necessarily a terrible idea or an OK idea presented in a silly way. There is a strong case for saying that all universities should be compelled to do everything that they can do widen access but that would also apply, to a fair extent, to any working class ppl. Although, that said, the penalty being a potential refusal of the right to charge an extra three grand a year tells you where the real priorities are.

Mail helpfully illustrates the story:

http://i.imgur.com/6ftBJ.jpg

His hand is see-through. Just a friendly drunken ghost!

shit yeah that's totally Back To The Future

You would have thought the Sun would keep well away after the Belgrano Gotcha! incident, but no:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20907312

John Redwood, the Conservative MP for Wokingham in Surrey, which has three betting shops, said he had been "surprised" by the spread of bookmakers in poorer areas.

"I put it down to the fact that poor people believe there's one shot to get rich. They put getting rich down to luck and think they can take a gamble.

"They also have time on their hands. My voters are too busy working hard to make a reasonable income."

cunt ffs really oh god this fucking guy

beyond parody ..

He always has been.

on the other hand maybe the proliferation of payday loan sharks and pawnbrokers in poorer areas is cos working class entrepreneurs are seeking venture capital

think about it you Vulcan cunt

THINK? Are you MAD?

the worst of it is, of course, that we could live in a world where these pantomime villains wandered the margins, churning out misanthropy in exchange for the publicity they crave. that a Redwood exists is an amusing footnote in history. but every Redwood is speaking to/for a whole sorry spiteful antihuman constituency, that can't be reasoned with, that can't be persuaded, that will always do nothing but hate and exploit and sleep dreamlessly.

. that a Redwood exists is an amusing footnote in history.

for years this appeared to be the case.
when the c*nt came back into the fold it was an indication as to just how bad shit was going to get ..

jesus FUCKING christ this government

compare and contrast to "poor people don't take enough risks" a few months ago - http://www.newstatesman.com/staggers/2012/11/twisted-logic-making-poor-poorer

utter moron - http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/06/david-cameron-threat-eu-insanity

This is a shell-game to remove EU human rights protections from British people.

Stephen Lennon jailed for 10 months for using a false passport, too bad old cock

A lot of people in the UK who were very pro-welfare cuts up to now are about to realise what that actually means for them. Be interesting to see how eg. The Sun plays this given a lot of their readers will be have been claiming tax credits up to now.

why would any self-respecting leader of the EDL want to leave the country anyway? traitor.

It is quite funny considering how much energy they spend on complaining about illegal immigrants

i assume he cdn't get into the States under his own name due to previous convictions for aggro

He's been arrested a shitload of times according to wikipedia - beating up his girlfriend, fighting at football matches etc

Still, good result for Luton at the weekend, eh

A lot of people in the UK who were very pro-welfare cuts up to now are about to realise what that actually means for them.

They'll blame those people on welfare who are even poorer than them. "Simples".

xp I like the fact he tried to pass himself off as Andrew McMaster. Not MAX POWER then?

The McMaster Race

The PM and deputy PM described their agreement as a "Ronseal deal" which "does what it says on the tin".

Good to see they're keeping up to date with their cultural references.

they're Jewson useless

That Ronseal thing doesn't actually make any sense.

That depends what it says on the tin, tbf.

They could be on an inspired-by-Piero-Manzoni tip, is what I'm saying.

lol

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/07/nick-clegg-protests-shirkers

Clegg: "I don't think it helps at all to try and portray that decision as one that divides one set of people against another, the deserving and the undeserving poor, people in work and out of work."

O RLY?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3341539/.html

What a fucking cunt.

Talking of cunts

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/930812/thumbs/o-TORY-BENEFITS-VOTE-570.jpg?7

Today Labour Are Voting To Maintain a System That Allows Employers to Pay Workers Less Money Than They Need to Live On

what a horribly formed sentence

xp!

Also In Case You Haven't Noticed Workers Wages Have Been Consistently Cut Since We Came to Power

So Really What They're Voting For Is for Benefits To Be Cut Less Aggressively Than Low Paid Workers' Wages

Arbeit Macht Frei, That Will Be All You Plebs

Their sudden concern over public service workers' wages strikes me as, uh, somewhat less than convincing

we're all in this together - not you, tax credit scum

private sector workers have been taking real terms pay cuts as well tho, right? almost as if the current government was creating a climate where that was okay and people were too frightened for their jobs to fight back

"It's just not on, these scroungers and scumbags are getting larger benefits rises than ummmm, the, ummmmm, hard-working public sector workers who we were characterising as layabouts and spongers, uh, last year"